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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Imperial Dave on April 10, 2025, 02:11:31 PM

Title: Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 10, 2025, 02:11:31 PM
https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2025-04-economic-inequality-roman-empire-han.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17442904349352&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-04-economic-inequality-roman-empire-han.html

Hopefully of interest
Title: Re: Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty
Post by: DBS on April 10, 2025, 03:28:37 PM
Oh dear lord, I am getting flashbacks to the late Cold War Big Mac Index to try to compare wealth and expenditure in completely different economies...
Title: Re: Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty
Post by: Jim Webster on April 10, 2025, 05:01:08 PM
A friend of mine sent me the link, and it is interesting, but as you go into it, they've had to make an awful lot of assumptions
Title: Re: Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty
Post by: nikgaukroger on April 10, 2025, 05:57:13 PM
Or a lot of awful assumptions?  ;)
Title: Re: Comparing inequalities between the roman empire and the han dynasty
Post by: Imperial Dave on April 10, 2025, 05:58:05 PM
One or two...
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